Former India captain and World Cup winner Kapil Dev has reacted to Yograj Singh’s claim that he wanted to shoot the legendary all-rounder.
In an interview with Samdish Bhatia, Yuvraj Singh’s father, Yograj had claimed that he took a gun to Kapil Dev’s house wanting to kill the former all-rounder. Yograj had revealed that he took the decision after he was dropped from the North Zone team by Kapil Dev and Bishan Singh Bedi. Yograj said that he was hurt by Kapil Dev’s selection call and wanted to leave cricket after that.
The legendary former skipper was asked about the same by reporters, the video of which has gone viral on social media. Asked if the incident was true, Kapil Dev remained coy and asked back – ‘Who is Yograj Singh?’. When the reporters clarified that Yograj was Yuvraj’s father, Kapil Dev turned back to the reporter without replying to the question.
Yograj Singh revealed in the interview that he did not kill Kapil Dev because the latter’s mother was present with him on that day. “When Kapil Dev became captain of India, North Zone, and Haryana, he dropped me for no reason,” Yograj said on “Unfiltered by Samdish.”
My wife (Yuvi’s mother) wanted me to ask Kapil questions. I told her that I would teach this bloody man a lesson. I took my pistol out, I went to Kapil’s house in Sector 9. He came out with his mother. I abused him a dozen times. I told him because of you I have lost a friend and what you have done, you will pay for it.
“I told him, ‘I want to put a bullet through your head, but I am not doing it because you have a very pious mother, who is standing here.’ I told Shabnam, ‘Let’s go.’
Yograj revealed that after getting dropped from the North Zone, allegedly due to politics from Kapil Dev and Bishan Singh Bedi, he decided to stop playing cricket. Yograj said that he was dropped by the senior players since he had a good friendship with Sunil Gavaskar.
Yograj also revealed that he had taunted Kapil Dev after India’s ODI World Cup 2011 win, stating that ‘his son’ was a World Cup champion. In a separate part of the podcast, Yograj had taken a dig at Kapil Dev by stating that he was not able to have a son.
“In 2011 when India won the World Cup, there was only one guy who was crying, and it was Kapil Dev. I did send him a paper cutting that my son did better than you in the World Cup,” he added.